"The Raiders": In Crockett Country

"The Raiders": In Crockett Country

The Scotsman

Feature article by H. Drummond Gauld, F.S.A. Scot., tracing actual Galloway locations identified with scenes and characters in The Raiders. Discusses Silver Sand as the real hero; Muckle Alick; Rathan Isle; the Wolf's Slock; the Cave of the Auchty; the Murder Hole; May Mischief; the Sixteen Drifty Days; and Cleg Kelly. Includes extended literary appreciation and quotations from the text. Rich in atmospheric evocation of the Galloway moorland. Article may be truncated — see flags.

1930-11-20

MAG-135

English

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